Overview

• St. Louis enters 76-80 and four games back, while San Francisco is 77-79 and three behind the Reds and Mets for the final NL wild card.
• Both teams snapped skids on Sunday after the Cardinals dropped eight of 12 and the Giants lost seven of eight.
• Justin Verlander, 42, has yielded one run over his last four starts and struck out 23 in 25 innings, including six scoreless frames versus St. Louis on Sept. 6.
• Rookie Michael McGreevy is coming off seven scoreless innings against Cincinnati after struggling versus San Francisco earlier this month.
• The Giants close with three home games against Colorado, the Cardinals finish a six-game trip in Chicago, and Nolan Arenado’s recent comments raised questions about St. Louis’s direction.